"If the sand thief retreats, abandon Chuxiong and follow him." Mu Yan looked at Mu Zhiqing's tips, and his heart was also shocked.

How could this Chu Xiong, who had just been defended, give it up again? Although he was very puzzled, he knew that his second sister was scheming, so he ordered his subordinates to immediately reorganize the army, leaving only about 200 people to defend the city, and the rest all left the city to follow Shadingzhou.

Sha Dingzhou was in a hurry to save Lin'an, but Mu Yan behind him kept attacking and harassing, and seven or eight hundred people had been captured and killed after more than 100 miles, which made him miserable.

In desperation, Sha Dingzhou only divided 2,000 men and horses, and further dispersed his forces. It wasn't until the next day that he met the Iron Tiger Department head-on, and he barely managed to get together 15,600 people and go to Lin'an together.

……

Kunming City, the prefect's yamen.

Mu Tianbo walked into the main hall with Yang Weizhi and the others, and when he met a young man in his twenties with extraordinary bearing, he knew that he was His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King.

Several people knelt down, Mu Tianbo knocked on the ground, and said movingly: "Xiaguan Mu Tianbo, meet His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King." This time, His Royal Highness worked tirelessly and led the heavenly army to quell the thieves, and the southwest was decided! The officials thanked His Highness for his great kindness! ”

Zhu Linmiao hurriedly helped a few people up, knowing that they had been troubled by the chaotic army recently, he first said something relieved, and then asked Mu Tianbo: "Why did the Duke of Qianguo come to Kunming, and the matter of guarding the palace over there in Lin'an City can be arranged?" ”

Mu Tianbo's face turned red, and he said: "Go back to Your Highness, this Lin'an, I ......"

He turned around and glanced at Yang Weizhi, who had no choice but to stubbornly continue: "Our army rushed to Lin'an and is besieging the city, and I don't want Sha Dingzhou to suddenly lead the main force back." Our army had no choice but to go north to avoid ......"

"Can't besiege? How many defenders are there in Lin'an, and how long have you been attacking the city? ”

"Back to Your Highness, the defenders ...... Six hundred people, the last general and General Long led the troops to besiege for five days......"

Zhu Linmiao almost crooked his nose when he heard this, Long Zaitian and Yang Weizhi had a total of 18,000 men and horses, and Lin'an, which was besieged by 600 people, was not defeated for five days!

He was immediately relieved, if it weren't for Mu Tianbo's army's combat strength, how could he be beaten all over the ground by a toast in Shadingzhou.

He dealt with Mu Tianbo and the others a few more words, and hurriedly convened a meeting of the main generals of the Dragon Guard Army to discuss the deployment of the battle later.

After all the generals gathered, as soon as Zhu Linmiao said today's topic, a personal soldier led a sweaty post guard into the tent. The latter gasped and handed a red label to Shi Lin, "Report...... Northern Zhejiang Military Intelligence. ”

Zhu Linmiao took the Tang newspaper and looked at it carefully, and his face suddenly became solemn, only to see that it was written: On July 26, Zhang Mingzhen of the Lu Wang's department led the Zhejiang Navy to attack the battle ship of Jianyu Wu Shengzhao stationed in Qiantang.

At the beginning, the Zhejiang army was strong, and Ruan Jin under Zhang Mingzhen led the fire ship to raid Wu Shengzhao, causing a lot of losses to the captured ships. However, when it came to the unitary, the wind direction of Qiantang suddenly changed, and Zhang Mingzhen came against the water division, blowing the fire of the captive ship to the side of the Zhejiang army, and the Zhejiang water division was in chaos.

Wu Shengzhao then took advantage of the chaos to attack, and Zhang Mingzhen's troops lost seven or eight of their battles, and fled to Zhoushan by night......

He handed the Tang newspaper to the other officers and said worriedly: "When Jianyu invaded Zhejiang, more than half of the troops of the Delu Wangshui Division, now Zhang Mingzhen has been defeated, and Qiantang has no ships to defend.

"Although Jianyu was newly defeated in Fujing, he has been recuperating for nearly two months. Hong Chengchou stationed more than 100,000 troops in Nanzhili, and the main force of Luck Dehun has also arrived in Nanjing.

"Once Jianyu has prepared enough food and grass to carry heavy loads, it is very likely that he will go south again, and it will be difficult to resist with the combat strength of Fang's national security department. Zhejiang is afraid of falling back to the enemy. ”

The Zhu family brother immediately said: "My lord, now that Kunming has been restored, the matter of quelling the chaos may be handed over to the Duke of Qianguo, and my army should immediately return to Fujing to prepare for the unexpected." ”

Zhu Linmiao lowered his head and thought about it, with the combat power shown by Long Zaitian and Yang Weizhi's subordinates, if the battle situation was handed over to them, even if they could defeat Sha Dingzhou, it would probably be a few years later.

Yunnan has already experienced a series of rebellions in Puming, Wubikui, and Shadingzhou, and if it is tossed for a few more years, the people's livelihood will inevitably wither and be in disarray.

Is it possible to solve the problem quickly?

Now that Mu Tianbo has failed to take Lin'an, then Sha Dingzhou can escape from Lin'an to his old nest at any time. He immediately remembered Li Dingguo's campaign against Sha Dingzhou in history, and it was smooth sailing in the early stage, and when Sha Dingzhou fled back to Gelong, Li Dingguo's offensive stopped.

This place is surrounded by nine mountains, and the terrain is extremely precipitous, not to mention attacking, even if there is no one to defend it, it will take a lot of effort for you to climb up.

Shadingzhou has been operating here for many years, with sufficient grain and grass reserves, Li Dingguo led an army of 40,000 to besiege this place, but it has never been able to break through.

With the "Southern Ming God of War" Li Dingguo, he can't take the Leather Dragon, even if the Dragon Guard Army is strong, regardless of casualties, I am afraid it will take more than a month to break it.

Zhu Linmiao couldn't afford to wait for such a long time, and it was even more unacceptable for him to let the Long Wei Army pay too much loss for the sake of Sha Dingzhou.

Zhu Linmiao knew that Li Dingguo's method of taking down the Gelong back then was to strictly guard all the water sources under the mountain, so that the people of Shadingzhou could not get water, and finally fell due to lack of water.

But this tactic could not be implemented by himself, one was that it took too long, and the water stored in the dragon was exhausted, and Li Dingguo took a total of three months. Second, there are a lot of water sources under the Longshan Mountain, and Li Dingguo has tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands, which can be dispersed and guarded, but the Longwei army only has 4,000 people into Yunnan, and it is easy for Shadingzhou to take advantage of the loopholes in guarding the water source.

What to do? Zhu Linmiao frowned, Yunnan Tusi has a total of seventy or eighty thousand troops, if these horses can be used, no, only half of them are enough, so that they can besiege the Gelong, and they will definitely be able to consume Sha Dingzhou to death in four or five months.

But there are hundreds of large and small toasts in Yunnan, among which a hand like the Mu family who is willing to contribute to the imperial court can be counted.

How to mobilize the "masses"? He pondered for a long time, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth, and several strategies appeared in his mind, "If it can be successfully implemented, not only can Shadingzhou be wiped out, but perhaps even the problem of frequent rebellions in Yunnan Tusi can be solved." ”

Zhu Linmiao turned his head and saw that all the officers were looking at him in surprise, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "We will be in Yunnan for a few days for the time being."

"The order was issued by Cen Jilu's department in Guizhou to be stationed in northern Yunnan to watch over the trillions of Lu.

"Two thousand people were left in Qujing, and the rest were transferred to Kunming.

"The Dragon Guard immediately went south, and the troops were sent to Lin'an. The Duke of Qianguo and his men and horses all accompanied him. ”

"Yes!"

Mu Tianbo returned to the Mu Wangfu, which was already full of devastation, and just paid tribute to his mother and wife who were bound to die by Sha Dingzhou, he received an important task from the auxiliary king.

He immediately rushed to the study, collected his emotions, and wrote letters to the toasts in Yunnan one by one.

The hatred of the country and the hatred of the family supported him all night, until the next day, when the sky was bright, he had written a total of one hundred and three letters, and handed them to Yang Weizhi, so that his cavalry could be sent separately.